Beauty is natural. However, during thousands of years, nature has evolved layer by layer, and beauty is becoming within reach. In modern times, the medical beauty industry is booming, and beauty seems to be ready for mass production. However, under the appearance of the vigorous development of the medical beauty industry, various informal medical beauty institutions and practitioners have actually spawned, causing chaos in the medical beauty industry. Today’s FM黄金18分, we invited Jimmy Poon, MD from the University of Toronto to share with us：how to pursuit beauty? How to find reliable medical institutions and doctors? What are the “must-known” tips before doing medical beauty?

1. First of all, could you please introduce yourself to the audience？

I am Dr. Jimmy poon. I graduated from University of Toronto, school of Medicine. I have worked in the medical industry for more than 40 years, and I have also worked in the medical aesthetics industry for nearly 20 years. I am known as a pioneer in the medical aesthetics industry.

2. The emerging medical beauty industry makes more and more people look younger. What is beauty in your professional definition? For people of different ages, how should they maintain their own state?

In my opinion, there is no specific standard for measuring beauty. Everyone has their own definition of beauty. With the changing of the times, the standard of “what is beauty” has remained the same. Generally speaking, there are two standards for measuring beauty, one is the facial features and overall structure of your face. The second is the how is your skin look like. Typically, smooth, firm and translucent skin is a magic weapon for “beauty”.

People of different ages will encounter different problems when “pursing” beautiful. For young people, including teenagers and people around the age of 20, they are always affected by the “fashion trend” on their way to beauty: tall nose, thin body, and melon-seeded face. In addition, it is necessary to work hard in advance for skin problems, anti-aging, anti-acne and other problems, which are urgently needed for prevention at this age group.

Older people may experience sagging skin and even osteoporosis. At this time, it is also necessary to do enough homework for the skin and overall body in advance to resist aging in advance.

3. For those who want to try medical beauty for the first time, what are the recommended items?

Since I entered the field of medical beauty in the 1990s, many of the steps of medical beauty have been simplified. In other words, it is easier for everyone to do medical beauty. Many projects now don’t need to be “moving the knife” as before. For the vast majority of people, especially Asians, there is no need to use a knife. You can try some technological devices, or use injections to improve skin problems. In addition, many items, such as nose beauty, adjustment of bone position, etc., have very low surgical risks, and the postoperative effects are very obvious, and the recovery time is very short.

4. With the acceleration of the social change and life pressure, hair loss has become a major problem for many people. In your medical career, what is the success rate of hair transplant? How long is the duration?

Before talking about hair transplant, I also want to talk about body care. The current medical aesthetics technology is also very mature in removing dullness and spots on the body, and it is also the first choice for everyone who is new to medical aesthetics. Hair transplant has a history of several decades. Nowadays, there is no need to cut the scalp during the hair transplant process, so the entire hair transplant process takes a shorter time and greatly reduces the pain.

In terms of safety, because there is no need to cut the scalp, the safety factor is greatly improved. Most hair transplanters can quickly heal their wounds after surgery. The procedure is only to transfer the hair from the thicker part to the thinner hair area. And under the current new technology, the effect of hair transplant is permanent. For now, the success rate of hair transplant is between 80% and 90%. At the same time, you can also choose to perform a second hair transplant to increase the density.

5. What are the approximate costs and risks for conventional medical aesthetic projects?

Just as there is no absolute in everything, there are still some risks for conventional medical beauty projects, but the real risk index is similar to that of other minimally invasive surgery in the hospital and can basically be ignored. In terms of expenses, different items charge differently. Small items are basically $3000-$4000, and large items charge around $10,000. It should be noted that the effect of the hair transplant project is not immediate. It usually takes 6 months to wait for the hair to grow out, that is, it can have a long-term effect.